316 



During the month 64 vessels arrived at the port of Honolulu, 20 of which 

 carried vegetable matter and seven came through the Panama Canal Zone. 

 The following disposal was made of the various shipments: 



Lots. Packages. 



Passed as free from pests 926 28,052 



Burned 92 92 



Fumigated - -'1 2/1 



Total Inspected 1289 28,41.5 



Of these shipments, 27,841 packages arrived as freight, 176 packages 

 as mail, and 398 packages as baggage, 



RICE AND BEAN SHIPMENTS. 



During the month 14,875 bags of rice and 4193 bags of beans arrived 

 from Japan, and 810 mats of rice from China. All shipments were found 

 free from insect pests. 



PESTS INTERCEPTED. 



Approximately 8866 pieces of baggage belonging to immigrants from 

 foreign countries were examined, from which 30 lots of fruit and 29 lots 

 of vegetables were taken and destroyed. 



On October 5th, per S. S. ''Korea Maru," one package corn from Japan, 

 in the baggage, was seized as contraband, and destroyed; also a package of 

 fir boughs found in the baggage was burned. 



On October 5th, per S. S. " Anyo Maru, ' ' a package of rose plants and a 

 package of onions in soil, were seized and destroyed. 



On October 14th, per "Nippon Maru," a rose plant in the baggage and 

 a sack of sprouted barley were seized and destroyed. The barley is contra- 

 band under Quarantine Order No. 39, Federal Horticultural Board, on 

 account of Flag smut and Take-all diseases. 



Two hundred and seventy-eight packages of seeds of forest trees and 

 other shrubs were brought by Mr. J. F. Rock from various places in the 

 Orient, to be used for forest planting by the H. S. P. A. Of these pack- 

 ages, 15 were burned, showing weevil and borer infestation; the rest of the 

 seeds were thoroughly fumigated with carbon bisulphide. Two packages 

 of orchids were in the same shipment, and being without permit were 

 destroyed. One box of cassava roots for the U. S. Experiment Station were 

 fumigated before delivery. A small package of soil in the mail for a 

 Filipino was burned, also a package of bulbs from Japan, being without 

 permit. Two packages of vegetable seeds found in the mail were fumi- 

 gated as a precaution. 



On October 21st, per S. S. "Sonoma," three packages of^ree seeds arrived 

 in the mail for Dr. H. L. Lyon, Agent of the Office of Plant Introduction, 

 Washington, D. C. These were fumigated as a precaution. 



On October 23rd, per S. S. " Tenyo Maru," two lots of bulbs, one lot of 

 palm seed and a lot of chrysanthemum plants were taken from immigrants 

 from Japan and destroyed. In the mail of this vessel a package of chest- 

 nuts brought in as food was fumigated, and a package of ginseng (Panax 

 ginseng) was found and destroyed. 



On October 26th, per S. S. "Great Northern," a package of rice seed 

 was found in the mail from Manila. Being prohibited under Quarantine 

 Order No. 39, it was burned. 



On October 30th, per S. S. "Ecuador," a package of pili nuts from 

 Manila and a package of vegetable seeds from Japan, infested with 

 weevils, were seized and burned. 



